Tag: ego

• Inspiration: The Simple Absurdities of Life

  

  Inspiration Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Oscar Wilde Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius The Philosopher’s Corner Ah… The simple absurdities of life. Got Life? When we do, we dwell on those things that are absent… When we don’t we dwell on…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  April 1, 2020

  Analytical Psychology, Daily Inspiration, Faith, Gratitude, Life, Self Development, Self Realization, The Philosopher’s Corner

  Analytical Psychology, Confucius, Dr. Thomas Maples, ego, existence, existentialism, Featured, Genesis, God, Oscar Wilde, Paradox, philosophy, Psychology, The philosophers corner

• Inspiration: Faith… A Direction of Simplicity

  

  Daily Inspiration God always takes the simplest way. Albert Einstein Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa The Philosopher’s Corner Dr. Wayne Dyer once said that the Sun never asks the earth for homage for its life giving force. We should be grateful that it does…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 19, 2020

  Analytical Psychology, Daily Inspiration, Faith, Hope, The Philosopher’s Corner

  Albert Einstein, Daily Inspiration, Dr. Thomas Maples, Dr. Wayne Dyer, ego, faith, Featured, Happiness, hope, Love, Mother Teresa, Self Potential, Self Relatization, The philosophers corner

• Inspiration: The Private Door of Faith

  

  Daily Inspiration Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson God enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Philosopher’s Corner I am not a skeptic in the true power that the simple act of listening can do for the giver and the receive…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  March 18, 2020

  Analytical Psychology, Daily Inspiration, Faith, Psyche, Self Development, The Philosopher’s Corner

  Analytical Psychology, Belief, depth psychology, Dr. Thomas Maples, ego, ego psychology, faith, Featured, hope, Paulo Coelho, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Development, Self Realization, St. Thomas Aquinas

• Inspiration: Out of Darkness… Light

  

  Dr. Tom explores EGO (Edging God Out) versus ECO (Edging Conflict Out) Psychology, and its ramifications on higher forms of Self Consciousness.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  February 29, 2020

  Daily Inspiration, Depth Psychology, Karma, The Philosopher’s Corner

  conflict, darkness, Dr. Thomas Maples, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Eco Psychology, ego, Featured, light, Paradox

• Inspiration: The Unity of Self

  

  Dr. Tom explores the psychology perspective of unity and Self-Realization.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  January 24, 2020

  Analytical Psychology, Buddha, Daily Inspiration, Quote, Unity

  Analytical Psychology, Aspiration, Atman, Brahman, Buddha, Buddhism, Dr. Thomas Maples, Dreams, ego, Featured, Inspiration, Inspirational Quotes, purpose, Self, Self Actualization, Self Realization, The Psychology Perspective, Unity

• Siddhartha Gautama: The Anima and Mid-Life Development

  

  Dr. Tom continues his exploration of a Jungian Developmental Psychology through analyzing the themes present in Hermann Hesse Siddhartha.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  December 23, 2019

  Analytical Psychology, midlife crisis, personality development, Self Realization

  Analytical Psychology, anima, archetypal development, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypes, Buddha, Carl Jung, Dr. Thomas Maples, ego, Featured, Mid-life, midlife crisis, Psychoanalytic Theory, Self Development, Self Realization, Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama

• Siddhartha Gautama: A Jungian Perspective of Self-Realized Development During Middle-Life

  

  Dr. Tom continues his exploration of Middle Life Development. Believe, Achieve. and Advance Confidently In The Direction of Your Dreams!!!

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  December 17, 2019

  Analytical Psychology, midlife crisis, Self Realization

  Analytical Psychology, archetype, Archetypes, ashes, Carl Jung, Collective Unconscious, consciousness, Dreams, ego, ego development, Emotions, industry versus inferiority, Inferior function, midlife crisis, moral development, morals, persona, Personal Unconscious, Personality, personality development, possession, Robert Bly, Self Realization, shadow, Soul, unconscious

• Genesis and Self: A Journey of Hope and Faith (Part 3)

  

  Working the Paradox, Consciousness and I I am, or, am I? This question poses a dialectic dilemma. While individuals will ultimately answer this question personally, the journey that underlies the meaning behind this juxtaposition shows that numerous paths are available for consciousness to transcend its paradoxical nature. The verb to be connotes that an entity…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  October 23, 2019

  Analytical Psychology, Christianity, Genesis, philosophy

  AQAL, Catechism, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Collective Unconscious, consciousness, Creation, culture, Death, developmental psychology, dialectic, ego, God, heuristic, holon, Holy Trinity, integral consciousness, Ken Wilber, ontology, personal consciousness, Philosphy, Self Awareness, Self Development, Self Realization, Sigmund Freud, Social Identity, Transcendent Function

• Depth Psychology: Monistic & Dualistic Theories of Consciousness (Part 2)

  

  In this series of essays, I will explore the tenets of consciousness from Eastern and Western perspectives. It is imperative for a researcher to identify the core concepts that drive his or her work. Because this study focuses on models of consciousness from Eastern and Western viewpoints, it is imperative to offer a definition of…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  June 10, 2019

  Analytical Psychology, consciousness, Depth Psychology

  Analytical Psychology, anima, Archetypal Psychology, Carl Jung, Cartesian Theory, case study, conscience, conscious, consciousness, depth psychology, Dr. Thomas Maples, Dualism, Dualistic Paradigm of Consciousness, Eastern Psychology, ego, ego psychology, hermeneutics, heuristic, Id, Monism, Monistic Paradigm of Consciousness, Nirvana, philosophy, Rene Descartes, Resurrection, Robert Romanyshyn, Rūpa, Samjñā, Samskāra, Siddhartha Gautama, Sigmund Freud, superego, Vedanā, Vijñāna, Western Psychology

• Finding One’s Self in Pursuit of Loving Relationships: An Analytical Study of Archetypal Adult Development

  

  Dr. Thomas Maples provides an analytical perspective of adult development using Carl Jung’s theory of archetypes as a foundation to understand the Self-Realization process.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  January 21, 2019

  Adult Development, Analytical Psychology, Myth and Psychology

  adult personality development, anima, animus, Carl Jung, developmental psychology, ego, ego development, Featured, Individuated consciousness, Individuation, initiation, initiation rites, Jungian Developmental Psychology, Jungian Psychology, Masculine Development, Mature Masculine, persona, personality development, psychological development, Psychosocial Development, Robert Bly, Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, Spiritual Development

• Narcissism: 2 Grasp Healthy Ego Development v. Despair

  

  Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. (Carl Gustav Jung) The Traits of Narcissism Narcissism has recently become a booming topic of discussion both amongst professionals in the psychological community and the public at large. The well known psychological publication, Psychology Today, offers a myriad of information and advice to help you understand the symptoms…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  December 9, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Myth and Psychology, Narcissism

  Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Archetypes, Carl Jung, ego, ego / Self Axis, ego development, ego psychology, Featured, Love, Love and Early Attachment, Mother Archetype, mythology and psychology, Mythopoetic Men’s Movement, Narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, primary narcissism, Robert Bly

• Archetypal Themes of Early Adult Development: An Analysis of Siddhartha & the Consummation of Masculine Love

  

  Dr. Tom explores the archetypes of Early Adult Masculine Development: Carl Jung’s theory is used to analyze Ego, Discipline, Identity, Love, & Hero’s Quest.

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  November 29, 2018

  Analytical Psychology, Masculine Psychology, Mythopoetic Mens Movement

  Adult Love, adult personality development, alchemy, archetype, ash-work, Carl Jung, child adult transitions, complex consciousness, consciousness, discipline, ego, ego developmet, Featured, Hermann Hesse, Hero’s Qwest, Individuation, initiation, Joseph Campbell, Love, Masculine Development, Masculine Psychology, Mercury, metaphor, Mythopoetic Men’s Movement, Objective / Subjective Split, Paradox, persona, responsibility, Robert Bly, Self, self-defense, Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, simple consciousness